Imaging · collection · 2022
VISSR/SMS-1 Visible Imagery on 70mm Film V001 (VISSRSMS1IMVIS) at GES DISC
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/3vcst77fb49n
VISSRSMS1IMVIS is the Visible Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (VISSR) Visible Imagery on 70mm Film data product from the first Synchronous Meteorological Satellite (SMS-1).
Description
This set of visible imagery (0.55 to 0.70 micrometer) was originally produced on commercial image-generation equipment from digital tapes and was made available on 70-mm film, from which they were later scanned to digital TIFF image files. Each TIFF scan contains 2 or 3 pictures, and there are several hundred scans from an original 70 mm film roll which are combined into a ZIP file.
Each picture contains a title on the top boundary and a 33-level gray scale on the right boundary that represents brightness temperatures. It may have a combination of the following options: 1) contrast enhancement, 2) image sectorization, and 3) 1/16-size imagery. The maximum effective size covers 500 sq km, represented by 4000 by 3904 pixels.
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Each element has a maximum resolution of 3.7 km. The title contains the satellite identification, picture number, picture type, coordinate numbers of the top left pixel relative to the visible sensor, start time of sectorized image, and pixel scaling and sector size identification. The SMS-1 satellite was initially parked over the equator at longitude 45W on June 7, 1974 viewing the hemisphere below the satellite to support the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE).
It was moved to its operational position at 75W on Nov 15, 1974 where it remained until GOES-1 was launched, after which SMS-1 was moved to 105W and placed in stand-by-mode as a backup to GOES-1 or SMS-2. The VISSR experiment was operated by the NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS), as well as scientists from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. This product was previously available from the NSSDC with the identifier ESAD-00040 (old ID 74-033A-01B).
Links
Get the data
- Resource disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/VISSRSMS1IMVIS_001.html ↗
Access the dataset landing page from the GES DISC website.
landing page · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/repository/Mission/SMS_GOES/3.3_Product_Documentation/3.3.5_Pr… ↗
VISSR Data Processing Plan for SMS/GOES Satellites
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- README Document acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/SMS/VISSRSMS1IMIR.001/doc/README.VISSRSMSGOESIM.001.pdf ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- The GOES/SMS User's Guide docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/repository/Mission/SMS_GOES/3.3_Product_Documentation/3.3.5_Pr… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2386910832-GES_DISC.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Access the data via HTTPS. acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/SMS/VISSRSMS1IMVIS.001 ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C2386910832-GES_DISC ↗
Use the Earthdata Search to find and retrieve data sets across multiple data centers.
download · from NASA CMR
- PNG docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/VISSRSMS1IMVIS_001.png ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/vissr-sms-1-visible-imagery-on-70mm-film-v001-vissrsms… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/3vcst77fb49n ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=3c9ab397-1ff7-4600-9a22-e985bf94c… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2386910832-GES_DISC.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2386910832-GES_DISC.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Synchronous Meteorological Satellite 1 · Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer · Visible Imagery
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Geophysics 68% · Image 75%
Provenance · 2 source records, 20 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2386910832-GES_DISC | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 3c9ab397-1ff7-4600-9a22-e985bf94cfc6 | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3706 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (68%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:vissr | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/visible-wavelengths/visible-imagery | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:sms-1 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |